Senior Congress leader and former Union finance minister P Chidambaram has joined the popular micro-blogging site Twitter and says he is on board for sharing serious views.
"Hello! On #Twitter for sharing serious commentary on contemporary issues," he said in his first Tweet posted at 11.25 pm on Sunday.
His official Twitter handle is https://twitter.com/PChidambaram_IN As already some persons have Twitter accounts by the same name "P Chidambaram", some had requested the former minister's son Karti who is on the micro blogging site since 2009 to confirm if it was a genuine Twitter account of his father.
He confirmed it and, replying to some of the queries on his father's Twitter account said "Better late than never." So far, P Chidambaram has made three tweets, he is following seven and has over 4,800 followers.
Meanwhile, in Tamil Nadu, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam top leaders Karunanidhi, MK Stalin and Pattali Makkal Katchi leader S Ramadoss already have Twitter accounts. However, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa doesn't have one.
